SammyJo Wilkinson was diagnosed with MS in 1995 and recently traveled to Mexico for Stem Cell Treatments. After years trying every FDA approved treatment in the U.S. she found a great alternative Stem Cell treatment in Houston, only to have the FDA require the clinic to get the treatment approved as a drug which was not feasible. The creators of the process ended up bringing their solution to the Mexican equivalent of the FDA who approved the procedure. Now patients travel to Cancun, Mexico to receive this life altering treatment. Part 1 of 2.

You should definitely check out the link in the resources for the Tisch MS Center’s Indigogo campaign that has successfully raised over $300,00 to fund FDA clinical trials of their new MS Stem cell therapy. What a great innovative way to fund medical research!

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